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Pro-Putin mayor elected in Sochi | Pro-Putin mayor elected in Sochi |
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A pro-government candidate has won the mayoral election in the southern Russian city of Sochi, officials say. | |
Acting mayor Anatoly Pakhomov, a member of PM Vladimir Putin's United Russia party, gained 77% of the vote, Election Commission chairman Yuri Rykov said. | |
The election in the city, which will host the 2014 Winter Olympics, had been seen as a test of President Dmitry Medvedev's pledge to boost democracy. | |
Main opposition candidate Boris Nemtsov was a distant second with less than 14% | Main opposition candidate Boris Nemtsov was a distant second with less than 14% |
"Pakhomov, Anatoly Nikolayevich, has won the election as head of the city of Sochi." | |
We are preparing lawsuits about the facts of mass falsifications during these elections Boris Nemtsov | |
"According to preliminary counting he has got 77% of the votes," Mr Rykov announced after more than 80% of the ballots had been counted in Sunday's election. | "According to preliminary counting he has got 77% of the votes," Mr Rykov announced after more than 80% of the ballots had been counted in Sunday's election. |
Sochi's new leader will play a key role in overseeing the 2014 Winter Olympics - the first Winter Games to be hosted in Russia. | Sochi's new leader will play a key role in overseeing the 2014 Winter Olympics - the first Winter Games to be hosted in Russia. |
Mr Putin had pushed hard to make the Sochi bid successful. | Mr Putin had pushed hard to make the Sochi bid successful. |
Fraud accusations | Fraud accusations |
The city will receive billions of dollars for construction projects to turn it into an Olympic city. | The city will receive billions of dollars for construction projects to turn it into an Olympic city. |
Mr Nemtsov had accused the authorities of denying him coverage in the media, and of pressuring vulnerable state workers to vote for Mr Pakhomov. | Mr Nemtsov had accused the authorities of denying him coverage in the media, and of pressuring vulnerable state workers to vote for Mr Pakhomov. |
"We are preparing lawsuits about the facts of mass falsifications during these elections, demanding the annulment of the results of the elections, because they were not actually elections but a massive fraud," Mr Nemtsov said. | "We are preparing lawsuits about the facts of mass falsifications during these elections, demanding the annulment of the results of the elections, because they were not actually elections but a massive fraud," Mr Nemtsov said. |
"We will forward these claims to the Sochi court in the nearest future, and then to the higher legal authorities." | "We will forward these claims to the Sochi court in the nearest future, and then to the higher legal authorities." |
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